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Anna Blinkova
Анна Блинкова
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Blinkova at the 2023 US Open
Full name Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova
Country (sports)  Russia
Born (1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 26)
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 2015
Coach Gerard Solves, Xavier Pujo (2024-),
Ivo Klec (-2024)
Prize money US$ 3,248,322
Singles
Career record 274–197 (58.17%)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 34 (7 August 2023)
Current ranking No. 55 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2024)
French Open 3R (2019, 2023)
Wimbledon 3R (2023)
US Open 1R (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record 121–94 (56.28%)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 45 (14 September 2020)
Current ranking No. 303 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2024)
French Open 2R (2024)
Wimbledon 3R (2019)
US Open SF (2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 2–1 (66.67%)

Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova (Russian: Анна Владимировна Блинкова, IPA: [ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə]; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 34. On 14 September 2020, she peaked at No. 45 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title each on WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Blinkova was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in girls' singles and was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015.

Personal life and background

Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir. During childhood, she played both tennis and chess at a high level. Her preferred surface is hardcourt. Her favourite shot is a forehand. She speaks Russian, Slovak, French and English.

Junior career

Blinkova is former junior world No. 3 player. She was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon in girls' singles, where she lost to compatriot Sofya Zhuk.

Professional career

2015–17: First steps

2017 Roland Garros Qualifying Tournament - 29 (cropped)
Blinkova at the 2017 French Open qualifications

Blinkova made her debut at the ITF Circuit at the $10k event in Kantaoui in February 2015. There she won her first ITF doubles title. In January 2016, she won her first ITF singles title at the $10K Stuttgart. In April 2016, she turned pro and made her WTA Tour debut at the Morocco Open, where she was defeated in the first round. In October 2016, she won her first match on the WTA Tour, defeating Anastasija Sevastova in the first round of Kremlin Cup.

In January 2017, she made Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open through qualifying, where she defeated Monica Niculescu in the first round before losing to Karolína Plíšková in the second. At the 2017 Wimbledon and US Open, she also reached main draw, but then lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round of both competition. During the 2017 season, she won two $100k events on the ITF Circuit in doubles event, in Ilkley and St. Petersburg.

2018–19: Major and Premier 5 third round, top 100 in singles and doubles

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Blinkova at the 2019 Wimbledon

In February 2018, she reached the third round of the Premier 5 Qatar Open, defeating Elena Vesnina and Kristina Mladenovic, before she lost to world No. 7, Caroline Garcia. In May, she won her first WTA doubles title at the Morocco Open, partnering with Raluca Olaru. Blinkova entered top 100 for the first time in both singles and doubles in 2018.

On her debut at the 2019 French Open as a qualifier, she reached the third round with a win over compatriot Margarita Gasparyan and an upset over 24th seed Caroline Garcia, but then lost to 14th seed Madison Keys.

In August 2019, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal in singles at the Bronx Open, where she lost to Wang Qiang. At the 2019 US Open, she took defending champion and top seed Naomi Osaka to three sets. She followed this with title in New Haven on the WTA Challenger Tour. Nearly after that, she reached the semifinal of the Guangzhou Open, but then lost to Sofia Kenin. In October, she reached another semifinal at the Luxembourg Open, but lost to later champion Jeļena Ostapenko. During the year, she did even better in doubles. In February 2019, she lost alongside Wang Yafan in the doubles final at the Hua Hin Championships. After that, she reached semifinals of the Hungarian Open. In April, she reached another semifinal at the Premier-level Stuttgart Open. She then won $60k, $80k and $100k events, respectively, on the ITF Circuit. In September, she won the WTA Challenger New Haven.

2020: First top-10 win, top 60 debut, US Open doubles semifinal

Blinkova continued to made better results in doubles than singles. Despite not producing good results in singles during the season, Blinkova started year with her first career top 10 win, defeating Belinda Bencic in the first round of the Shenzhen Open. In singles, her best result of the year came at the Italian Open, where she reached the third round, but then lost to world No. 4, Karolína Plíšková. In doubles, her first significant result came in March at the Indian Wells Challenger, where she reached the semifinal. Then, six month absence of the WTA Tour happened due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

When tennis came back in August, she first played at the Lexington Challenger, where she reached the semifinal in doubles alongside Vera Zvonareva. She followed this with quarterfinal of the Cincinnati Open, alongside Veronika Kudermetova. Things then went even better at the US Open, where Blinkova and Kudermetova reached the semifinal. They lost to eventual champions Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva. In singles, she lost to eventual semifinalist Jennifer Brady in the first round.

Blinkova qualified for the main draw at the Italian Open and defeated Aliona Bolsova in a final-set tiebreak to reach the third round.

2021: Out of top 100

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Blinkova at the 2021 French Open.

Blinkova started her year with consecutive losses at the Grampians Trophy and the Australian Open, before clinching her first win of the year over former top-ten player Andrea Petkovic in the first round of the Phillip Island Trophy. However, she managed to reach the doubles semifinals of the Gippsland Trophy with Veronika Kudermetova, but lost to Chan Hao-ching/Latisha Chan 9–11 in the match tiebreak. Alongside compatriot Anastasia Potapova, she reached her third WTA doubles final at the Phillip Island Trophy, losing to Ankita Raina and Kamilla Rakhimova.

She reached her first semifinal of the year at the Bol Ladies Open, a WTA 125 event, as the top seed. However, she lost to Jasmine Paolini winning just four games.

At the Wimbledon Championships, Blinkova beat Tímea Babos in the first round before falling to world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty, on centre court.

Blinkova reached the doubles semifinals of the Western & Southern Open with Aliaksandra Sasnovich, defeating top seeds Hsieh Su-wei/Elise Mertens in the second round. She lost in the first round of the US Open to Valentini Grammatikopoulou.

2022: Resurgence, first WTA title, back to top 100

After falling in the opening round of qualifying at the Australian Open to You Xiaodi, Blinkova reached her first singles final since 2019 at the $60k Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, defeating Océane Dodin for her first top-100 win since August 2021, before losing to Ana Bogdan in the final.

The Russian followed it up with another $60k final at the Open de l'Isère, where she beat the top seed Arantxa Rus before she lost to Katie Boulter in the final.

She won her first WTA Tour-level singles title at the Transylvania Open.

2023: Second French Open third round, first top-5 win, top 35

She defeated Ysaline Bonaventure and fifth seed Caroline Garcia, her first top-5 win, to reach the third round of the French Open for the second time at this major.

2024: Longest tiebreak and third round at Australian Open, first top-3 win

At the Australian Open, she defeated previous year runner-up Elena Rybakina in the longest tiebreak in a singles match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era in the final set of their second-round match. Blinkova won the tiebreak 22–20. She saved six match points before converting on her tenth match point to advance to the third round of this major for the first time. The 42-point match-tiebreak supplanted the 38-point tiebreaks played by Lesia Tsurenko and Ana Bogdan the previous summer at Wimbledon and by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Roddick 20-18 at the 2007 Australian Open.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup), United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R Q1 1R 3R 0 / 7 4–7 36%
French Open A Q3 Q2 3R 1R 1R Q1 3R 2R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Wimbledon A 1R 2R Q3 NH 2R A 3R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
US Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 1R 0 / 6 0–6 0%
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 1–3 2–3 1–3 1–4 0–0 4–4 3–2 0 / 22 13–22 37%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A PO A A W DQ 1 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open A NMS 3R NMS Q1 NMS A NMS A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Dubai NMS A NMS A NMS A NMS A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A Q2 NH A A 2R 3R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Miami Open A A A Q1 NH 1R A 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Madrid Open A A A A NH A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A 3R A A 2R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Canadian Open A A A A NH A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Open A A Q1 A Q1 Q2 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A 1R NH 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wuhan Open A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 5–7 0–0 0 / 11 9–11 45%
Career statistics
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 2 7 13 14 8 17 7 24 3 Career total: 95
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Career total: 2
Hard win–loss 1–0 2–5 4–10 11–13 3–5 1–11 6–4 13–16 2–3 1 / 68 43–67 39%
Clay win–loss 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–4 0–1 8–5 0 / 18 15–18 45%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 5–3 0 / 9 9–9 50%
Overall win–loss 1–1 2–8 6–13 13–14 6–8 4–17 7–6 26–24 2–3 1 / 95 67–94 42%
Win (%) 50% 20% 32% 48% 43% 19% 54% 52% 40% Career total: 42%
Year-end ranking 206 136 98 59 60 155 80 54 $2,966,822

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Wimbledon A 1R 3R NH 2R A 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
US Open A A 1R SF A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–3 1–3 0–2 0–3 0 / 15 6–15 29%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Indian Wells Open A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A NH 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A QF SF A 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Wuhan Open A A 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
China Open A A 1R NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 5 12 12 7 15 6 3 Career total: 60
Titles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Career total: 4
Overall win–loss 2–5 8–11 12–12 9–7 16–14 6–6 0–3 1 / 60 53–58 48%
Year-end ranking 118 100 56 51 66 138

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2022 Transylvania Open, Romania WTA 250 Hard (i) Italy Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France WTA 250 Clay Ukraine Elina Svitolina 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2018 Morocco Open, Morocco International Clay Romania Raluca Olaru Spain Georgina García Pérez
Hungary Fanny Stollár
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Feb 2019 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand International Hard China Wang Yafan Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Monica Niculescu
6–2, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss 1–2 Feb 2021 Phillip Island Trophy, Australia WTA 250 Hard Russia Anastasia Potapova India Ankita Raina
Russia Kamilla Rakhimova
6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 1–3 Sep 2022 Indian Open, India WTA 250 Hard Georgia (country) Natela Dzalamidze Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Brazil Luisa Stefani
1–6, 2–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 New Haven Challenger, United States Hard United States Usue Maitane Arconada 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2022 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–7(3–7), 3–6

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 New Haven Challenger, United States Hard Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova United States Usue Maitane Arconada
United States Jamie Loeb
6–2, 4–6, [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–3)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2016 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 10,000 Hard (i) Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 7–6(4), 2–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 Aug 2016 ITF Westende, Belgium 25,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 7–5, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Sep 2016 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan 25,000 Clay Russia Viktoria Kamenskaya 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Feb 2017 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 5–7, 4–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2018 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France 60,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Karolína Muchová w/o
Loss 3–3 May 2019 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia 100,000 Clay United States Bernarda Pera 5–7, 5–7
Loss 3–4 Jan 2022 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i) Romania Ana Bogdan 5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Feb 2022 Open de l'Isère, France 60,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Katie Boulter 6–7(2), 7–6(6), 2–6
Loss 3–6 Mar 2022 ITF Le Havre, France 25,000 Clay (i) Germany Tamara Korpatsch 6–3, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (11 titles)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (3–0)
$80,000 tournaments (2–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (4–0)
$10,000 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–0)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard France Tessah Andrianjafitrimo Spain Arabela Fernández Rabener
Netherlands Eva Wacanno
6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 Jan 2016 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 10,000 Hard (i) Russia Maria Marfutina Germany Laura Schaeder
Germany Anna Zaja
0–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 3–0 Dec 2016 Ankara Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard (i) Belarus Lidziya Marozava Uzbekistan Sabina Sharipova
Russia Ekaterina Yashina
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win 4–0 Jun 2017 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Poland Paula Kania
Belgium Maryna Zanevska
6–1, 6–4
Win 5–0 Sep 2017 Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia 100,000 Hard (i) Russia Veronika Kudermetova Switzerland Belinda Bencic
Slovakia Michaela Hončová
6–3, 6–1
Win 6–0 Mar 2018 Zhuhai Open, China 60,000 Hard Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove Japan Nao Hibino
Montenegro Danka Kovinić
7–5, 6–4
Win 7–0 Oct 2018 Internationaux de Poitiers, France 80,000 Hard Russia Alexandra Panova Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Netherlands Arantxa Rus
6–1, 6–1
Win 8–0 May 2019 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 60,000 Clay Belgium Yanina Wickmayer Australia Jaimee Fourlis
Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann
6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 9–0 May 2019 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 80,000 Clay Switzerland Xenia Knoll Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
Brazil Luisa Stefani
4–6, 6–2, [14–12]
Win 10–0 May 2019 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Switzerland Xenia Knoll Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Sweden Cornelia Lister
7–5, 7–5
Win 11–0 Aug 2022 Bronx Open, United States 60,000 Hard Switzerland Simona Waltert South Korea Han Na-lae
Japan Hiroko Kuwata
6–3, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2015 Wimbledon Grass Russia Sofya Zhuk 5–7, 4–6

Fed Cup participation

Singles (0–1)

Edition Round Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
2017 WG2 Feb 2017 Moscow (RUS) Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Hard (i) Chang Kai-chen L 3–6, 5–7

Doubles (2–0)

Edition Round Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Result
2017 WG2 Feb 2017 Moscow (RUS) Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Hard (i) Anna Kalinskaya Chan Chin-wei
Hsu Ching-wen
W 6–3, 7–5
2020 F QR Feb 2020 Cluj-Napoca (ROU) Romania Romania Hard (i) Anna Kalinskaya Jaqueline Cristian
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
W 6–3, 6–2

WTA Tour career earnings

correct as of 15 November 2021

Year Grand Slam
singles titles
WTA
singles titles
Total
singles titles
Earnings ($) Money list rank
2016 0 0 0 31,013 309
2017 0 0 0 207,988 141
2018 0 0 0 334,191 113
2019 0 0 0 530,080 80
2020 0 0 0 373,335 57
2021 0 0 0 470,729 91
Career 0 0 0 1,968,604 265

Wins over top-10 players

Season 2020 2023 2024 Total
Wins 1 1 2 4
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score ABR
2020
1. Switzerland Belinda Bencic No. 8 Shenzhen Open Hard 1R 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 No. 58
2023
2. France Caroline Garcia No. 5 French Open Clay 2R 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 No. 56
2024
3. Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina No. 3 Australian Open Hard 2R 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(22–20) No. 57
4. United States Jessica Pegula No. 5 Indian Wells Open Hard 2R 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 No. 45

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